"Bone Analysis Challenges Beliefs on Human Role in Australia's Megafauna Extinction"

Recent research challenges conventional beliefs about the role of humans in the extinction of Australias megafauna, providing new insights through bone analysis of fossil remains.

• Studies indicate that megafauna, such as giant kangaroos and cow-sized marsupials, began to disappear in Australia long before the arrival of humans around 65,000 years ago.
• Paleontologist Mike Archer emphasizes the importance of fossil bone analysis in understanding the extinction patterns of megafauna in Australia and New Guinea.
• The extinction of these species raises questions about the impact of climate change versus human activity, particularly among Indigenous peoples who inhabited Sahul.